What is the ratio of football-yoga lovers to just yoga lovers?!
Every Saturday and Sunday I wonder how individuals choose football over yoga. Does one automatically choose Football over calming their body, mind and spirit?! Does Football create enough euphoric energy to replace the need for release and relaxation!? Can we have yoga and football in one day!?
After a long week of working and studying, football fans seem to release their stress by tailgating and watching football athletes compete. Football-yoga lovers need to choose or find a way to accommodate their two favourite weekend activities- yoga and football. Perhaps an early yoga class before a full day of football would provide more balance and prevent them from making a decision. A class that has football games during asana practice might also suit some practitioners. Colliding Western sport traditions with Eastern lifestyles is a challenge. Perhaps, there are weekend yoga classes with televisions tuned into football stations? I know that there are now drive through strip bars in Pennsylvania, so I would not be surprised to see a yoga room with television screens tuned into a sporting channel.
The next problem for football-yoga lovers is that often a town hosting a big football game suffers from the increased traffic. If major University is situated in the middle of a city the whole town can be extremely inconvenienced due to one football game. Making a choice to accommodate all that you love can be a real challenge. I feel somewhat sorry for the football-yoga lovers. The week days are always full with activity and then during the weekend it is hard to let go of one love for another. I personally would never choose watching football over yoga but I am learning to understand those who do. In a 'selfish' world, I choose maintaining my health over anything else. Mind over body.
Football loathing? What's that??
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